Describe the role of osmotic potential in regulating water potential of plant cells.
Osmostic potential is called solute potential. Both are numerically equal. If the solute concentration is increased in the cell, then i.e. osmotic potential is lowered and thus water potential is also lowered. Because of this the water enters from outside into the cell. Thus, decrease or increase in osmotic pressure determines water potential and regulates it.
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